PhpStorm & WebStorm 5.0.4 released

Never say never: a couple of very annoying regressions somehow sneaked into v5.0.3. Thus we’re releasing 5.0.4 today, focused solely on getting rid of these and polishing v5.0 before we dive into v6 experimental builds.

For a while now, it continues to remind me that it will install the Chrome extension the next time Chrome restarts. The extension already shows up in Chrome but never seems to do anything (note: I’ve never really tried to use any of its features).

I’m on 5.0.2, and I’m getting the notification for 5.0.4, but it doesn’t offer to upgrade. The upgrade notification dialog only has buttons for, “Release Notes”, “Remind Me Later”, and “Ignore This Update”.

I downloaded the release manually, but when it begins the install, it wants to put it in a different directory, not where the current version is installed.

Patch (upgrade from within IDE) is only available for consecutive releases (5.0.1 -> 5.0.2 -> 5.0.3 -> 5.0.4). Therefore it cannot be used to upgrade 5.0.2 to 5.0.4.

You have to use full manual install and it has to be installed into an empty folder. Two choices here (I’m assuming you are on Windows):
1) Install into the folder offered by installer (will be PhpStorm 5.0.4). You can uninstall older version later (or in advance).
2) Install into the same folder — uninstall previous version first; go to that folder and remove all outstanding files and folders (there should be 1-2 folders left with 2-3 small files); install new version into that (now empty) folder.

A good IDE makes all the difference. PHPStorm saves me time and the integration of SCSS, Javascript and PHP is zen!
I’d like to try your other environments in the future (IntelliJ IDEA or .NET Resharper add-on.)